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{{Short description|Period of Korean history (890s–936)}}
{{Distinguish|Three Kingdoms|Three Kingdoms of Korea|Proto–Three Kingdoms period|Three Kingdoms (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
|img=History of Korea-Later three Kingdoms Period-915 CE.gif
|hangul=^후삼국 시대
|hanja=後三國時代
}}
{{History of Korea}}

The '''Later Three Kingdoms''' period ({{Korean|hangul=후삼국시대}}; c. 890s – 936 AD)<ref>{{harvnb|Park|2022|pp=62, 68, 87–88}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Lee|1998|pp=98–99, 101–103}}</ref> of ancient Korea was a partial revival of the old three kingdoms from 1st century BC to the 7th century.

== Dates ==
	
The start and end dates of the Later Three Kingdoms are poorly defined and differ across sources. Key events used as starting dates include the first major rebellions against Unified Silla (889),<ref>{{harvnb|Park|2022|p=68}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Lee|1998|p=98}}</ref> the capture of [[Gwangju]] by [[Kyŏn Hwŏn]] and subsequent establishment of the [[Later Baekje]] state at [[Jeonju]] (892),<ref>{{harvnb|Lee|1998|p=99}}</ref> and the proclamation of Later Baekje as a kingdom by Kyŏn Hwŏn (900).<ref>{{harvnb|Park|2022|p=68}}</ref> Two events mark the end of the Later Three Kingdoms: the surrender of [[Gyeongsun of Silla|Gyeongsun]], the last Silla monarch, to Goryeo in 935 and the conquest of Later Baekje by Goryeo in 936.<ref>{{harvnb|Park|2022|p=88}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Lee|1998|pp=101–103}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of monarchs of Korea]]
*[[Taejo of Goryeo]]
*[[Taejo Wang Geon (TV series)]]
*[[Tomb of King Wanggon]]
*[[Family tree of the Goryeo kings]]
*[[Silla monarchs family tree]]

== Notes ==
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Most of this article has been copied from here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Later_Three_Kingdoms_Period/
==References==
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Most of this article has been copied from here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Later_Three_Kingdoms_Period/

* {{Cite book |last=Park |first=Eugene Youngjin |title=Korea: A History |date=February 2022 |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |isbn=9781503629462 |ref={{harvid|Park|2022}}}}
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* {{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Ki-baik |title=A New History of Korea |date= 15 March 1988 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=9780674615762 |ref={{harvid|Lee|1998}}}}
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